Three step syntheses of naphthofurans and phenanthrofurans related to (-)-morphine from ortho-benzoquinone monoketals by Diels-Alder and Cope reactions

Chemical Communications

Volumn , Issue 1, 1998, Pages 65-66

  Carlini, Rina ^a   Higgs, Kerianne ^a   Rodrigo, Russell ^a   Taylor, Nicholas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZOQUINONE DERIVATIVE; FURAN DERIVATIVE; MORPHINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; DRUG SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0032491913     PISSN: 13597345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/a705848i     Document Type: Article

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